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As I type this, QLD is using 77% black coal. SA is using 71% gas.

Over the past 24hrs SA was 83% renewable (solar+wind), 16% gas.

In that same 24hrs QLD was 79% black coal, 12% renewables.

Plaudits seem deserved.

https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-elec...

That page is showing generation not use. 83% of the power SA generated was renewable, but it wasn't enough to cover their use, so they imported 28% of their power from interstate, renewables cover 45% and the rest was gas. Other states are too big to just import 28% of their power. SA is small enough they can shut down their coal and just import coal-based power from Victoria.

Meanwhile Qld, Vic and NSW each produced more than triple the renewable power SA did today.

https://opennem.org.au/energy/sa1/?range=7d&interval=30m

OpenNEM puts it at 12% imported and states 67.9% from renewables.

Why would SA want to produce multiple times their requirements in renewable energy? Today during the sunny period more than 100% was fulfilled by solar.

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